RE: The fruits of my labour on a #sublimesunday: Relaxing on my terrace project.
Wow, so much work, but so worth it! You are going to have such a beautiful outside space. I can't wait to see pictures later in the summer, when the plants really take off, and climb up the posts. I'm a sucker for plant-covered pergolas... there's something so dreamy and romantic about the whole effect. I've actually mentioned to my hubby a few times, that once we get a house of our own, I want a pergola dripping with wisteria. lol
I've only recently gotten into gardening, and since we are renting, we are limited on space to do so, but we have a herb bed on the side of our patio, which I've trimmed back and re-planted with the herbs I enjoy most. Plus, we got ourselves a couple of "potato bags" and are growing those out on the patio too. Oh, and I've sprouted a few trees from seeds this year (2 lemon, and 2 avocado), which I'm really excited about! They are in pots, in my living room window... but the avocado trees are going to need to move somewhere else soon, as they're nearly out of room! haha!
I'm really excited to see the plants grow, but that's the best bit. I love gardening and honestly to me it truly is artwork and that means making studies and building up form, which in the garden is making raised beds, building pergolas, fences, making the structure of the garden. Then the fun of building up layers of paint to fill out your study or add layers of plants to build up your beds and borders, the 'canvas of the garden'.
I couldn't decide what to have on the pergola so it's going to have that combination of honeysuckle, grapevine, clematis, and kiwi. Who knows which will win the battle of cover the pergola, but I hope to one day pick grapes and kiwi from it as well as enjoy the blooms and smell of honeysuckle and clematis. Hummingbirds love the honeysuckle as well, so that will be fun to watch under there.
I've been a rental gardener before. Pots and containers are great for that. you can even fill enough put them close together and have what looks like a herbaceous border planted along a patio or balcony if you put them close enough together. And you can grow fruit and veg in them as well.
Have you seen the cool veg gardens they make by using gutters you buy at hardward stores and hang on the walls, like an outside wall on a balcony or wherever you are allowed, you can get more garden if you go vertically :)
I love potato bags. I always do my potatoes in containers. I have two matched pots now in my veg garden I use, put them in, cover them up, the grow some green and cover again. I'm always amazed how many potatoes you can get from three little seed potatoes placed in a container/bag!
I am now on the lookout for a lemon tree. I know I can keep it in a pot and have it out on my new terrace all Summer and it can live in Toad Hall in the Winter as we get lots of sun in there at that time. I love lemons and have them almost every day in my water or squeezed on my salad. I adore them and their flowers scent are heavenly.
My dream is to one day have an olive tree, but we are too cold here, so it'd have to be in a pot. One day, if I ever get my UK garden, I'll have an Olive in the ground.